On The Pegs July 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 7 | Page 101

On The Pegs
Vol. 3 Issue 7 - July 2018
P 101
Pat Smage continues to put dis-
tance on the competition in the 2018
AMA/NATC US National MotoTri-
als Series, having claimed his fifth
and sixth victories of the season at
rounds five and six of the series held
this weekend at the Trials Training
Center in Sequatchie, Tennessee.
Smage showed his expertise on the
technical and slippery rocks of the
Trials Training Center, winning Sat-
urday’s event by 47 points and Sun-
day’s by 40 points.
On Saturday, Smage dropped five
points on his first lap of 12 sections,
but cut the damage to just two
points on his second lap and a stingy
single point on his final lap.
“Today’s event required pin-point
accuracy and there was no room for
mistake because of the technical
nature of the sections, with all the
jagged rocks scattered around,” said
Smage. “The rocks were all jumbled
up and if you missed your line at all
then you got thrown off course and
it ends up costing you a point or two
to get back on line. This is a little bit
different from the sections we saw in
Colorado and New Mexico.”
Second on Saturday went to Gas
Gas North America’s Alex Niederer,
who came into the event a bit under
the weather. The Florida rider posted
SAM FASTLE HAS A GO AT THE
“LOG/ROCK” COMBINATION IN SEC-
TION 11 ON SATURDAY.